Some people (on the internet) have written to me to say that they think today's comic is some sort of cuss to Questionable Content. With all the war in the world and the complexities of VAT on my mind, I have no time for that sort of thing. For those of you writing prac. crit. essays, it's a deeper sideswipe at the word-haemmorhaging quasi-OC/Dawsons spiel of the self-interested post-teen. Discuss.

I hope to continue to provide needles for your balloons throughout the year! Now back to the VAT (and the war).